BOSTON — After listening to nearly eight weeks of testimony, jurors in James “Whitey” Bulger’s racketeering trial are expected to hear closing arguments from prosecutors and defense attorneys as each side lays out its view of the case.

Closing arguments are scheduled today in US District Court, where jurors have heard sometimes-gruesome testimony about 19 killings in which Bulger is accused of participating, as well as numerous extortions, money-laundering schemes and gun hoarding.

Bulger, 83, is accused of committing a litany of crimes while leading the Winter Hill Gang in the 1970s and ’80s. He fled Boston in 1994 ahead of an indictment and was one of the FBI’s most-wanted fugitives until he was captured with his longtime girlfriend in Santa Monica, Calif., in 2011.

The jury is expected to begin deliberations tomorrow after receiving instructions on the law from the judge.